A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s9.57

v1.c8.s9.57

“‘Yājñavalkya,’ said he, ‘when after the death of this man here his voice enters into the fire, his breath into the wind, his sight into the sun, his organ of thought into the moon, his hearing into the quarters of heaven, his body into the earth, his soul (Ātman) into the ether, the hairs of his body into the herbs, the hairs of his head into the trees, and his blood and seed are laid down in the water,—where then is this man?’ ‘Take me by the hand, my dear one!’ said Yājñavalkya. ‘Ārtabhāga, let us two only know of this; let this discussion of ours not be in public.’ And the two went out and discussed together; and it was *Action* of which they spoke; it was *Action* which they praised. Verily, he becomes good through good action, bad through bad action.”²